DEA: Drug cartels using Snapchat, other social media to target children

DEA: Drug cartels using Snapchat, other social media to target children

Experts are calling on tech companies to prevent drug sales to young children after officials say cartels are using social media to smuggle fentanyl.

DEA: Drug cartels using Snapchat, other social media to target children

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill discussed how two Mexican cartels are using social media as a “superhighway of drugs” to bring fentanyl to the U.S.

DEA: Drug cartels using Snapchat, other social media to target children

Experts are calling on tech companies to prevent drug sales to young children after officials say cartels are using social media to smuggle fentanyl.

DEA: Drug cartels using Snapchat, other social media to target children

Experts are calling on tech companies to prevent drug sales to young children after officials say cartels are using social media to smuggle fentanyl.

Drug cartels using Snapchat, other social media to target children, DEA says

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill discussed how two Mexican cartels are using social media as a “superhighway of drugs” to bring fentanyl to the U.S.

Mother of Dead Teen Urges Senate to Protect Children From Social Media Harms

A mother told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 14 that her teenage son still took his life after being bullied on social media despite good parenting and discussing the dangers of online social networking with him. In June 2020, Kristin Bride from Oregon lost Carson, her 16-year-old son. She said Carson received his first phone, which had no apps when he was in 8th grade. He joined social media when he was a high school freshman; the mothe…